Atlantis TropicalsThe following information was taken from the company's records for the year ended December 31:
Credit Sales$1,000,000
Sales returns and allowances80,000
Accounts Receivable--December 31255,000
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts--December 31 (Before adjustment for bad debts)23,000
Estimated uncollected accounts (per aging schedule at December 31)35,000
Refer to Atlantis Tropicals. If the aging approach is used to estimate bad debts, how much bad debts expense will the company report?
What will be an ideal response?
$35,000 ? $23,000 = $12,000
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